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7287 'But unto you dar I not lye:
7288 But myght I felen or Aspie,
7289 That ye pceyved it no thyng,
7290 Ye shulde have a stark lesyng
7291 Right in youre honde thus, to bigynne,
7292 I nolde it lette for no synne.'
7293 The god lough at the wondir tho,
7294 And every wight gan laugh Also,
7295 And seide: 'Lo heere a man Aright
7296 fforto be trusty to every wight!'
7297 'Falssemblant,' quod love, 'sey to me,
7298 Sith I thus have avaunced thee,
7299 That in my court is thi dwellyng,
7300 And of ribawdis shalt be my kyng,
7301 Wolt thou wel holden my forwordis?'
7302 'Yhe, sir, from hens forewardis;
7159 We wole a puple upon hym Areyse,
7160 And thurgh oure gile done hym seise,
7161 And hym on sharpe speris ryve,
7162 Or other weyes brynge hym fro lyve,
7163 But if that he wole folowe, iwis,
7164 That in oure book writen is.
7165 Thus mych wole oure book signifie,
7166 That while petre hath maistrie,
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